Year: 2022

SAN DIEGO (AP) — University of San Diego basketball coach Sam Scholl has been fired after the Toreros went 15-16 in his fourth season.  A former walk-on guard at USD, Scholl was 50-67 overall. Scholl was elevated to interim coach late in the 2017-18 season after Lamont Smith was placed on administrative leave following an

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Pete Nance had 19 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks, Robbie Beran scored 13 points and Northwestern trailed for just 22 seconds in it 75-62 win over Minnesota in the regular season finale for both teams. Boo Buie had 10 points and eight assists for Northwestern (14-15, 7-13 Big Ten). Jamison

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Evan Mobley had 20 points and 17 rebounds, Lauri Markkanen scored 22 and the Cleveland Cavaliers widened their lead on Toronto in the Eastern Conference standings with a 104-96 win over the Raptors. However, the win may have been costly as All-Star Jarrett Allen reportedly

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — No. 20 Illinois locked up a share of the Big Ten regular-season title when Kofi Cockburn had 21 points and 14 rebounds to lead a 74-72 win over No. 24 Iowa. The Fighting Illini’s hopes for a conference crown were kept alive when Nebraska upset No.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Chris Kreider scored twice and the New York Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-1. Mike Zibanejad and Barclay Goodrow also scored for the Rangers, and Artemi Panarin and Jacob Trouba each had two assists. Igor Shesterkin stopped 45 shots. Nikolaj Ehlers scored for Winnipeg, and Connor Hellebuyck finished with 18 saves.

By TIM CRONIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Victor Hedman scored twice, Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and two assists and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Sunday night. The Lightning came from behind with a five-goal outburst over seven minutes bridging the second and third periods. Hedman, Corey Perry and

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Martin Necas scored with 9:38 remaining to give the Carolina Hurricanes their first lead of the game in a 3-2 win over the Seattle Kraken. Nino Niederreiter and Tevuo Teravainen scored second-period goals on power plays for the Hurricanes, who stretched their home-ice points streak to

HOUSTON (AP) — Kevin Porter Jr. scored 29 points, Christian Wood added 28 points and 13 rebounds and the Houston Rockets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 123-112 on Sunday night to end a 12-game losing streak. Porter scored 19 of his 22 second-half points in the third quarter to help Houston overcome a 10-point halftime deficit.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Two games involving two of college basketball’s bluest bluebloods over the weekend left North Carolina and Indiana heading into conference tournament week on opposite ends of the NCAA Tournament bubble spectrum. The Tar Heels rolled into Cameron Indoor Stadium and handed fourth-ranked Duke a 94-81 loss Saturday night in

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Tasos Kamateros had 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead five South Dakota players in double figures as the Coyotes topped Kansas City 74-61 in the Summit League tournament’s quarterfinals. Hunter Goodrick and Mason Archambault added 14 points apiece for the Coyotes. Kruz Perrott-Hunt chipped in 13 points, and Boogie Anderson

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Bojan Bogdanovic made a franchise-record 11 3-pointers and scored 35 points to help the Utah Jazz defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-103. Donovan Mitchell had 24 points and 10 assists and Jordan Clarkson added 20 points for the Jazz. Utah bounced back from a 124-90

By The Associated Press Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie will miss the rest of the club’s season. The 23-year-old from Fort Lewis, Washington, broke two bones in his left foot during a Champions League match at Spain’s Villarreal on Feb. 22 when Pervis Estupiñán made a two-leg, sweeping sliding tackle. Juventus originally projected McKennie’s recovery time

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Jalen Slawson had 17 points and seven rebounds as Furman narrowly defeated Samford 71-68 in the Southern Conference tournament semifinals. Ques Glover led the Bulldogs with 23 points.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji is the unanimous pick by the Big 12 coaches as the league’s player of the year. Baylor’s Scott Drew was selected by his peers as the Big 12′s top coach for the third season in a row. The reigning national champion Bears shared the Big 12 regular-season

WASHINGTON — Trazarien White posted 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead UNC Wilmington to a 75-58 win over Elon in the quarterfinals of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament. Hunter McIntosh led the Phoenix with 15 points.

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Greg Williams Jr. registered 16 points as Louisiana-Lafayette beat Troy 66-57 in the Sun Belt Conference tournament’s semifinals. Khalyl Waters led the Trojans with 19 points.

By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jason Robertson had his second hat trick of the weekend and the Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 6-3. Robertson is up to 29 goals on the season, seven of which have come in the last three games. Joe Pavelski and Jamie Benn also scored

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Former Arizona State quarterback Jayden Daniels is transferring to LSU, where he will enter a wide open competition to be the starter in coach Brian Kelly’s first season with the Tigers. Daniels entered the transfer portal last month with the Sun Devils in the midst of an NCAA investigation. He